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WASHINGTON

December 16, 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR THE.Mr PRESIDENT FROM FRANK MOORE

SUBJECT: End of session calls

You are likely to receive two calls, one from Senators Byrd and Baker and another from Congressmen Brademas and Rhodes. Attached are talking points for your use in responding to their calls.

Attached also are talking points that will be used by the House leadership. Talking Points for End of Congress Call

o I want to thank you for working through the night to pass the Continuing Resolution. I know it was a difficult effort, but it was well worth it. I appreciate it. The American people appreciate it.

o The 96th Congress is to be congratulated as' well for its other work during the post-election session. The Alaska Lands

Bill is one of the most significant environmental bills passed in our lifetime. The Superfund Bill will enable us to deal effectively for the first time with the problems of toxic wastes. And the

Reconciliation Bill will save billions of dollars for the Federal government.

o This type of effort has typified the 96th Congress. You have led the Congress very well as it has dealt with the difficult issues of our time -- energy, inflation, human and equal rights, nuclear proliferation, an efficient government, a clean environment, and a strong defense.

o The actions you have taken over the past two years will serve our Nation very well for generations -- the Windfall Profits

Tax and the Synthetic Fuels Corporation will enable us to reduce -- our dependence on foreign oil; the Multilateral Trade Act will enable us to.compete more effectively abroad; the Department of - 2 -

Education will give education the role in the Federal government that it deserves; Truckiri�f,ahd Rail Deregulation will give us a more efficient· transporta'tion sys.tem; all of the agricultural legislation will·enhance opportunities -f6r our nation's farmers; the special assistance provided to-Egypt and Israel has helped the Camp David proce ss move forward, and the U.S.-Taiwan Relations

Act has ensured a sound relationship with China.

o I am proud to have worked with you. I will not be here

for the next Congress. But I'll be watching, and will �lways be available to help. HJGHLTGHTS OF THE 96TH CONGRESS

-It has been a courageous Congress that faced up to many tough issues

-We began a long-range attack on the energy problem to reduce our dependance on foreign sources which is the main cause of inflation. Landmark energy programs were put into place, such as development of synthetic fuels from coal and research on gasohol and solar energy, aJong with a windfall profits tax to help finance the programs.

-We created nearly 1 million new jobs for the chronic unemployed and for ghetto youths. The Chrysler aid bill was part of that effort.

-The budget act faced its most severe test since its enactment in 197 4 and it survived.

-We deregulated the railroads, the trucking industry and banks, all aimed at encouraging greater competition with the consumer as the winner.

-This Congress made a responsible decision on an unpopular issue, the Panama Canal. Another foreign policy achievement was normalization of our relations with Taiwan in the wake of our official recognition of the Peoples' Republic of China.

-More than $1 billion was provided for low income housing aid and another $2.5 billion for housing for the elderly.

-Anti-recession aid was given to the cities.

-We helped ca�e for Asian and Cuban refugees in the spirit of our own ancestors · who came here as immigrants.

-We helped the farmers by increasing 1980 target prices for wheat and corn.

HIGHLIGHTS OF POST-ELECTION SESSION

-The Alaska lands bill was put into law preserving for the public some of the \'>'Orld's greatest recreational and scenic land.

-The budget reconciliation bill was passed, cutting $10 billion from the deficit and reiterating this Congress' dedication to economy in government.

-We're moving to clean up hazardous waste sites and protect our citizens from contamination.

-We kept revenue sharing for our hard-pressed cities alive:

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WASHINGTON

December 16, 1980

HEHORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT WisEf?lJ( ElectroetatlcCopy Made FROM: PHIL for Preserrv&tlon Purposn

SUBJECT: Staff Photo Sessions

Beginning today at 1:30 p.m., you will be taking individual photos with members of the following offices at the specified times. The entire session should last about one and one-half hours.

1:30 p.m. Jack Watson's Office (84) Press Office (41) Counsel's Office (18)

1:40 p.m. First Lady's Office (29) Gene Eidenberg's Office (33) Domestic Policy (60) Congressional Liaison (49)

I 1:50 p.m. Sarah Weddington's Office (70) Anne Wexler's Office (28) Louis Martin's Office (11) Ambassador Torres' Office (13)

2:00 p.m. Hugh Carter's Office (270)

2:15 p.m. Phil \Vise ( 21) National Security Council (123)

2:25 p.m. Vice President's Office (78) Charles Schultze's Office (36) CEQ (66)

2:35 p.m. Steve Aiello's Office (4) Al Moses' Office (7) Alfred Kahn's Office (25)

2:45 p.m. Richard Harden's Office (178) THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 15, 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

From: Al McDonald Rick Hertzberg Anna Simons

Subject: Presidential Talking Points: Advisory Committee on Women

Scheduled Delivery: Tue, Dec 16, 11:30 a.m.

Your talking points for this occasion are attached.

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Stu Eizenstat Staff for Sarah Weddington { �alutations will be updated no Anna Simons later than 9:30 AM Tuesday by A-1; 12/15/80 Abigail Havens x7500] Scheduled Delivery; Tue, Dec 16, 11:30 AM

ElectvoS�tat�c Copy Made Advisory Committee on Women for Pra!:H':tl!'\'Stion Pull'poseg t-3 ;J::I t-t � H 1. THANK YOU, LYNDA ROBB, FOR CHAIRING THIS COMMITTEE, AND z G)

1-cJ ALL OF YOU WHO WORKED ON THIS REPORT. 0 H z 8 (f) 2. THIS IS THE NINTH BODY APPOINTED BY A PRESIDENT TO STUDY

THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FIRST WAS

APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY IN 1961, WITH ELEANOR

ROOSEVELT AT ITS HEAD.

3. IN THE TWENTY YEARS SINCE THEN, THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN

THIS COUNTRY HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. BUT IN MANY NATIONS

THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE. EVEN IN THIS COUNTRY, WOMEN HAVE

NOT ACHIEVED THE FULL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THAT IS

RIGHTFULLY THEIRS.

4. THAT IS THE CENTRAL ISSUE YOU HAVE ADDRESSED IN THIS

REPORT. IT IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL ISSUES FACED BY THIS

ADMINISTRATION. I THINK WE HAVE MADE SOME HEADWAY. IT HAS

BEEN SAID THAT WE HAVE DONE MORE FOR THE WOMEN OF AMERICA

THAN ALL PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS COMBINED.

5. WHILE WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH TOGETHER -- AND I THANK

YOU FOR THAT -- THERE IS STILL MUCH TO DO. THE FUTURE OF

WOMEN RESTS WITH ALL OF US. THE AGENDA BEFORE US IS BOTH

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IN ITS SCOPE. - 2 -

6. YOU REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF THIS COUNTRY, AND THE

. . DIVERSE VIEWS OF OUR CITIZENS. BUT, DIFFERENCES ASIDE, YOU

EMBODY THE CONCERN WE SHOULD ALL FEEL ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT

. . . . . EFFECTS ALL OF US -- THE-FAIR TREATMENT OF MORE THAN HALF

OUR CITIZENS.

7. ALTHOUGH THE POL ITICAL CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN FOUGHT AND ..

FINISHED THIS YEAR, THE CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL RIGHTS HAS NOT

EVEN BEEN FULLY JOINED. WE CAN NOT REST UNTIL IT IS. WE

CANNOT STOP UNTIL WE HAVE WON EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL AMERICANS.

8. SOON, WE WILL HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH,

MORE PEOPLE TO CONVINCE OF OUR CAUSE. I WILL CONTINUE TO

SPEAK OUT FOR EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. I TRUST YOU WILL

CONTINUE TO JOIN ME.

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WASHI.NGTON Mad& Eleetromtatlc Copy December 15, 1980 Pur�� for Preseuvstlon

MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN Tuesday, December 16, 1980 11:30 a.m. Cabinet Room � From: Sarah Weddington

I. PURPOSE

To accept the final report from the Committee and thank them for their help on women's issues during your Admin­ istration.

II. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS AND PRESS PLAN

A. Since this Committee was reestablished under the leadership of Lynda Robb, they have held public hearings across the country to hear the vast problems that confront American women. The Committee has prepared a report that reflects the diverse problems facing the women of this country. Several long- and short-term solutions are recommended in the report.

B. Participants

Members of the President's Advisory Committee for Women (see attached list), Alexis Herman, Director, the Women's Bureau, staff members of the Committee.

c. Press Plan

The White House Press Corps will come in at the begin­ ning of the meeting for a photo opportunity.

III. TALKING POINTS

1. You should thank Lynda Robb and the Committee members for their final report.

2. Emphasize the contributions that the Committee has made to improve the status of women in con j unction with the Carter Administration's efforts on behalf of women. - 2 -

3. Give the group an opportunity to discuss some of their specific recommendations.

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TIIE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMNITTEE FOR WOMEN May 9, 1979

Honorary Chair:

Carter, Judy Langford 404-629-0710 Box 997 Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Homemaker, Writer.

Chair:

Robb, Lynda 202-523-6707 612 Chain Bridge Road McLea�, Vi rginia 22101

Homemaker and Active in Civic Affai rs .

Vice-Chairs:

Chambers, Marjorie Bell 202-785-7791 336 Andanada Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544

Presid ent , American Association of University Women; Chair, National Advisory Council on \vomen' s Educational Programs.

Koontz, Elizabeth 919-7 33�2721 1287-F Schaub Street Ral�} gh, North carolina 27606

Assistant State Superintendent of Educati on for North Carolina; Chair, National Commission on Working Women

Members:

Anderson, Ov1anah 817-767-6050 2206 Berkely Wichita Falls, Texas 76308

Member of IIEW d A vi sory Coaunit tee on Rights and Responsibilities of Women. -2-

Blackwell, Unita 601-873-6439 P.O. Box 188 Mayersville, Mississippi 39113

Mayor of Mayersville.

Bornbeck, Erma 602-957-2124 6301 Nor th 38th Street Paradise Valley, � r i z on a 8S253

Ne\vspaper Col wnnist and 1\ut.hor

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er M ayor of Chicago.

de Herrera, Laura 303-455-3949 4137 Kalamath Denver, Colorado 80211

Colorado State Representative and Member of the Mayor's Commission on community RelAtions in Denver.

de Varona, Donna E. /.12-787-7130 l Sh�rman Square l\pt.,,_2 4-K New York, N.Y. 10023

Member of the U.S. Olympic Conuni t tee and F orm er Olympic Swimmer.

Dewald, Gretta 202-797-5900 1625 Massachusetts Ave. , N.W. Wa shin gton, D.C. 20036

Director of the Women's Division at t.� Democratic National Committee.

Korner, Odessa 313-926-5271 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 98214

Vice President of International Union of Auto Workers. -3-

Landa, Esther 80.1- 266�034(i 15 E. 26th Street New York, N.Y. 10010

Past President of the Nat ional Coun�il for Jewish Women. u

Lee, Linda J. 212-925-8928 20 Confucius Plaza, hpt. 21E New York, N.Y. 10002

Assistant to New York City Council President, Carol Bellamy and President of the Council of Asian­ American \\lomen, Inc.

Hadden, �1ary Helen 1312 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005

Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic \vo:nen.

Masters, Billie NJve 7lt1-8:D-7057 Office of Teacher EducaUon SS'r 443 University of California Irvine, California 92717

Supervisor of Teacher Education at the Univer si ty of california and Member of the Indian Women's Caucus.

Alice t-lcDonald, 50 2 ·- 5 87- 3 0 61 6501 Gunpmvder Lane Prospect, Kentucky 40059

Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Louisville; Member Democratic National Committe e Executive Committee.

Parker, Brenda 806-764-3361 Route 1 Happy, Texas 79042

Past National President of the Future Homemakers of America. -4-

Ramsay, Ann s. 617-236-1683 318 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 01115

Director, O ff i ce of Budgets, Harvard University.

Richards, Ann 512-478-9606 810 Red Bud Trail Austin, Texas 78746

Commissioner of TrCJ.vis County, Texu.s .

Rossie, Richard 901-525-6361 Union Planters Bank Building Suite 1105 67 Madison Av enue Memphis, Tennessee 3810 3

Attorney and Former Member of the Doar.d of Directors of the \'lomen' s Hesourcc Center of Hcrnphis.

Schropp, Jill L. 206 - 324- 76 6 3 2001 19th E. Seattle, Washington 98112

Real Estate Inves tor; Fonner Journu.list; Cwnpaign Manager for the Citizens to Retain Fair Employment in Seattle.

Thein, Tin Myaing 714-485-0723/102� 17422 Matinal Drive San Diego, California 92127

Co-Chair of the Asian and Pacific Minority Women's Caucus.

Carter names womeu�s panel

President Carter Thursday announced four ap- . poinlccs to his advisory committee on women ..

They are Jack T. Conway, senior vice president, United Way of America; Charles Guerrier, execu· tive director, Women's Law Fund, Cleveland, Ohio; Nao' y A. Humphreys, professor of social work, Rutgers University, and Estelle Ramey professor at the Georgetown Universit of y School · Medicine. I Committee members are: Honorary Chair, Judy Langford Carter

of GeorrJia,a hanemaker and writer; Chair, Lynda Johnson Robb,

of Virginia, businesswanan and activif:.t in war.en's affairs; yice-Ch�-Marjorie CQambers of New Mexico and Ohio, dean, Union Graduate School, Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, Mid west and Elizabeth Koontz of North

Carolina, assistant state superintendent, North Carolina

Department of Public Instruction; Owanah Anderson of Texas,

member, HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Rights and

Responsibilities of v7anen; Unita Blackwell of Mississippi, mayor of Mayersville; Erma Bombeck of Arizona, columnist and author; Catherine Conroy of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State

AFL-CIO Executive Board, vice president Coalition of Labor

Union v7anen; Jack Conw§Y of the District of Colurnbia, consultant, director, Atlantic Richfield Company; Laura

�ra of Colorado, Colorado state representative,

Mayor's Commission on Commuity Relations in Denver;

Donna de Varona of New York, sportscaster for NBC-'IV, special consultant to Senate Committee on Sports Legislation,

U.S. Olympic Committee; Gretta Dewald of the District of

Columbia, director, Wanen's Division of the DNC; Freddie

�!9. Groomes, Ph.D. of Florida, assistant to the president,

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Florida State University, president, American Association

for Affirmative Action; Charles Guerrier of Ohio, attorney,

director, Women's Law Fund and expert in Title IX;

Dr. Nancy Humphreys of New Jersey, president,National

Association of Social Workers; Jeffalyn Johnson, PhAD.

of Virginia, president Jeffalyn Johnson and Associates;

£dessa Kaner of Michigan, vice president, United Auto Workers

International Union; Esther Landa of Utah, former national

president, National Council of Jewish Women; Linda Lee of

New York, director of program and management review, New York

City Agency for Child Development, president, Council of

Asian-American vlomen, Inc; Antoinette Leone of Connecticut,

member, Hartford City Council, chair, Education, Employment

and Social Services Committee; Mary Helen Magg�n of Pennsylvania,

executive director, Soroptimist International of the Americas;

�lena Marinez, A.c.s.w. of Illinois, administrator,cammunity

planner, Association Latinoamericana de Evanston;

Billie Nave Masters of California, supervisor of teacher

education at the University of California, member, American

Indian Wanen's Caucus; Alice McDonald of Kentucky, deputy

superintendent for public instruction; Brenda Parker of

Texas, student, Texas Tech University, past national president

of Future Hanemakers of America; Estelle Ramsay� Ph.D. of

the District of Columbia, board of direstors,_Association

for Women in Science Educational Foundation, professor

and director of graduate studies, department of physiology

and biophysics, Georgetown School of Medicine; - ___ ;:

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_Ann �sa� of Massachusetts, director of budgets, Harvard

University; Ann Richards of Texas, commissioner of Travis

County; J. Richard Rossie of Tennessee, attorney, member,

National Advisory Committee on Women's Educational Programs;

_qil l Schrop�of Washington, businesswoman and press secretary,

Carter/Mondale Re-election Campaign in Washington State,

member, Mayor's Advisory Committee on Office for Women's

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Asian and Pacific Minority WOmen's Caucus.

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The Vice President Jack Watson Lloyd Cutler Al McDonald Anne Wexler Charlie Schultze Stu Eizenstat Jim Mcintyre Sarah Weddington Gene Eidenberg Frank Moore The attached was returned in the President's outbox today and is forwarded to you for appropriate handling.

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THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20585

December 12, 1980

Made !Eisctfog�tatlc Copy Purpo5SS for Preservstlorn MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRES IDENT

FROM: CHARLES W. DUNCAN, JR.

SUBJECT: Weekly Activity Report Week of December 6 - 12, 1980

I. International Energy Agency Ministerial Meeting: I was chairman of this week•s ministerial meeting of the International Energy Agency. I will send you a full report on the meeting in a separate memorandum.

2. Alternative Fuels Solicitation, Round II: Yesterday the Department selected 79 proposals in the second round of the alternative fuels solicitation. Fifty-six applications for feasibility study grants were accepted, as were 23 proposals for cooperative agreements. One thousand eighty-five proposals were received. The proposals selected can be funded with up to an aggregate amount of $300 million.

Grants have been awarded for 94 of the 103 feasibility study proposals selected in the first round of this solicitation and for 8 of II cooperative agreements. Another solicitation of $30 million is outstanding for innovative ways to burn coal, wood, or peat. Proposals under this solicitation must be submitted by January 12. The Department is continuing to evaluate proposals recently received for up to $7 billion of loan guarantees, purchase commitments, and price supports for actual synthetic fuels projects.

3. Liguified Natural Gas:

0 I met with Algerian Energy Minister Nabi in Paris to discuss the El Paso LNG contract dispute. The Algerians appear to be willing to accept our offered FOB price of $3.25 per million cubic feet for one year, but they continue to seek a Btu crude oil equivalency price adjustor. Talks may resume later this month in Washington. A more complete discussion of this issue is contained in my trip report on the Paris I EA meeting.

o Trunkline LNG is now scheduled to begin importing Algerian LNG in June or July 1981, when Trunkline•s terminal facilities at Lake Charles, Louisiana will be completed. Sonatrach, the Algerian State gas company, is seeking to renegotiate the existing contract to achieve an FOB price of $3.90 - ...h. $4.00 per million Btu, with a u crude oil equivalency price escalator. YLN B_!. Trunkline has rejected Sonatrach1s initial demand.

o Spain is reported to have made major concessions to Libya in its LNG pricing � {o dispute. The Spanish are said to have signed an agreement to pay $4.00 a01'�{,{)/ per million Btu for December, and $4.35 per million Btu effective January 1981, with a Btu crude equivalency escalator clause. Libyan sales to Spain rJ/>c..#'1."" 9/,t, are expected to r�e soon. No agreement has been reached between 1 Libya and Italy and no shipments to Italy are expected. ptJ'YI, 5 1r(lll( ( , f.� . . tft. r- ,�t:� . �· 2

0 A Nigeria-United States LNG agreement also has been thrown into doubt. Bonny LNG (the Nigerian company) postponed the contract signing scheduled for today because the U.S. customers refused to give the company the right to terminate the contract in the absence of most favored nation treat­ ment for Nigerian LNG by the Department of Energy. The Nigerians may well find other buyers in Western Europe. THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20590

December 12, 1980

�IEit:�§'Ogtatlc COf.JY Made for Preservation Purposes

MEM ORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

THROUGH: Rick Hutcheson, taff Secretary

FROM: Neil Goldschm

SUBJECT: Significant Is 8

Auto Industry

Anticipating that Secretary Miller will report on the results of the December 8 meeting of the Chrysler loan guarantee board, I will comment only upon the impact of current interest-rate levels on auto dealers.

The impact of the high prime rate will be particularly felt by dealerships who traditionally pay 1 or 2 points above prime for their "floorplan", or inventory carrying costs. Other sources of floorplan financing, such as captive finance subsidiaries of the manufac­ turers, are available to dealers at a somewhat lower rate. A rising prime rate, however, places increased pressure on these lower rate sources. In addition to the tighter credit supply created by State usury ceilings, the dealership is faced with greatly increased costs of maintaining an adequate inventory. In addition, higher interest rates dampen consumer demand, creating further pressure on the dealer not to place orders for additional units from the factory. Many of the dealers operating on the margin, as well as som e who were not, were forced to close during the last spike in the prime rate. Because the last spike in the. prime rate weakened many dealers and there has been only a short "breathing space" between the two spikes, the present spike is likely to cause far more dealership failures. 2

Auto Study

As I mentioned at Camp David, I will submit to you before January 20 our study of the long-term prospects for and needs of the auto industry. The work I have seen thus far will be useful to Congress in its deliberations.

Transit Legislation

A five-year, $22 billion authorization for transit­ centerpiece of your Energy Transportation Initiative of last year--has passed the House and waits the wings of the Senate as the curtain is being drawn on the 97th Congress. The bill would also change the formula for providing operating assistance to encourage local service efforts and coverage of costs. Late today, the bill was pulled from the Senate floor after Senator Lugar filibustered it. Prospects for passage are slim.

Highway Traffic �afety Authorization Bill

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Conference Report which passed the Senate in September narro wly failed in the House this week despite support by the Administration, the domestic automobile industry, the UAW, most of the insurance - .. ,

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industry, and consumer groups. Rep. John Dingell (D., Mich.) and Rep. James Broy hill (R., N.C.) oppose the air bag provision which provides that the five largest automobile manufacturers must offer for sale air bag s on at least one car line for three of the next four model years. I worked with Senators Warner, Schmitt and Packwood, and Representatives Dingell and Broyhill to craft a compromise, but Rep. Dingell has remained adamant and the bill appears dead.

Light Truck Fuel Economy Standards

The National Hig hway Tr affic Safety Administration has developed fuel economy regulations for light trucks since model year 1979. They apply to pickup trucks, vans and utility vehicles.

Last March, we established the 1982 model fuel economy levels at 18 mpg for two-wheel drive vehicles and 16 mpg for four-wheel drive vehicles. The 1981 levels are 16. 7 mpg and 15.0 mpg for two-wheel and four-wheel drive vehicles, res pectively.

On December 9, 1980, the Department set levels of 19 mpg for 1983 models, 20 mpg for 1984 and 21 mpg for 1985. To provide the industry with inc reased flexibility in 4 com plying with the regulations, the manufacturers have the option of either meeting these composite fleet standards or separate levels for their two-wheel and four-wheel drive light trucks.

The fuel economy standards for 1983 through 1985 model year light trucks are expected to save the nation more than 10 billion gallons of fuel over the lifetime of these vehicles� The fuel savings to the individual buyer of a 1985 model light truck are estimated at $1�250 compared to an average 1982 model light truck.

Studies of Conrail's Future

The United States Railway Association will release a report on December 17 that concludes that Conrail in its present form (less approximately 5,000 miles of light density lines) will require approximately $1.8 to $2.4 billion between now and 1983 and still will not become financially sel f-suf ficient� This report is prelude to recommendations on Conrail's future due Congress April 1, 1981.

The December 17 report serves as a major statement to shippers, labor and the States that Conrail will require significant structural and operating changes if it is to survive. 5

The Department independently is conducting a study, also required to be submitted to Congress on April 1, which is to make recommendations regarding Conrail's structure. Conrail is also preparing a report to be submitted on April 1 which will recommend a structure that the railroad itself feels can become profitable . DOT has the responsibility to review USRA and Conrail studies and make specific recommendations regarding the future structure and funding of Conrail on May 1.

Transition

The transition is proceeding smoothly and cooperatively. Elee'UoSltatlc Copy Mad® for PreseG"Vatlotlll Purposes THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

WASHINGTON

December 12, 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

Subject: Highlights of Treasury Activities

Change 1. THE MARKETS AND THE DOLLAR Today's Close Since 12/5

Dow Jones Industrial Average 917.15 -39.08

NYSE Composite Index 74.16 - 3.00

Prime Rate 20% + 1%

Gold (London) $561.00 -$52.00

Silver (COMEX) $15.23 - $2.73

An abrupt change in psychology sent interest rates in the credit markets sharply higher this past week. Reports that a widely-followed economist had turned bearish on the near-term market outlook, high dealer financing costs, and growing indications that the Federal Reserve would continue to tighten credit all contributed to the negative tone of the markets. Short-term rates set new record highs, while intermediate- and long-term rates hovered near the peaks set last spring.

The prime rate moved up to 20 percent, equaling the record high set last April.

In response to higher u.s. interest rates, the dollar strengthened in London. It is now at a yearly high against the German mark and the Swiss franc and at an all-time high against the Italian lire. In New York, the dollar rose to its highest point against the Canadian dollar since the 1930s.

2. CHRYSLER

Chrysler is facing another� serious sales slump and cash flow crisis. The company will shortly submit a request for an additional $350-400 million in loan guarantees. If granted, this would bring the total of such guarantees outstanding to $1.15-1.2 billion, as compared to total guarantee authority of $1.5 billion. The Loah Guarantee Board probably will be forced to act on Chrysler's request before January 20, 1981.

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Earlier this week, the Board indicated to Chrysler that the company needed to generate additional cash reserves in 1981, in order to qualify for further loan guarantees. Accordingly, Chrysler has proposed to restructure its debt to its domestic creditors and is continuing discussions with the U.A.W. for a possible wage freeze for its employees.

3. REVENUE SHARING

The House and Senate appear to have reached agreement on all aspects of General Revenue Sharing. We understand that the Senate has now bowed to House pressure to drop an amendment requiring states to give up categorical aid in amounts equal to any revenue sharing funds they receive.

4. DEBT LIMIT

Late this afternoon, the debt limit bill was still pending before the Senate. Expectations are that the Senate will adopt the $935.1 billion debt ceiling through FY 1981 approved by the House in its First Budget Resolution.

� G. Wit liam Miller THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201

December 12, 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

SUBJECT: Weekly Report of HHS Activities

Transition. The Department's final sc heduled briefing before the Transition Team will be held today. Our principal operating components and staff offices have done an excellent job in submitting necessary briefing materials in conformance with the advance review timetable. All follow-u p memoranda requested by the Transition Team are scheduled to be cleared and in the hands of the Team early next

Patricia Roberts Harris

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THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20410 December 12, 1980

�[NORANDU!vl FOR: The President Attention: Rick Hutcheson, Staff Secretary

Subject: Weekly Report of Major Departmental Pctivities

$5,240,000 Awarded for Solar Project. Shenandoah, Georgia, a EUD-fundecl New Connnunity, will be the site of a solar energy facility. Funded by a Department of Energy grant, the facility will include 115 solar concentrators to supply steam and electrical power for clothing manufacturing.

Office of Interstate Land Sales Registration negotiates Settlement. In one of the largest administrative settlements OILSR has ever negotiated, Hong Kong/USP., a condominium shopping complex in California, has agreed to offer $2.8 n1illion in refw1ds to 211 purchasers of units in its uncompleted Phase II section. It was through a routine inquiry, based on a consumer complaint letter, that OILSR learned of this developer's financial difficulties and failure to complete on schedule.

tlew York City Commission Prepares �1odel Urban Cultural Resources Survey. New York C1ty Landffiarks Preservat10n Commission has developed the most extensive preservation survey yet to be undertaken. The survey, funded by !-!UD, the national Endm,ment for the 1\rts, and the Department of Interior Hill include an inventory of every structure, modern and landmark, in each of the five boroughs. It is expected to be a model for other preservation agencies. TI1e survey is computerized and is open­ ended to allow for future input. Since it will contain information on every building lot in the City, it should be useful to other city agencies concerned with planning, zoning, fire and building inspection.

�!oon Landrieu

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Elsctro!"ltSJtSc Copy Mads MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT for Prenevvst!on PgrpO&S9 SUBJECT: Weekly Report of ED Major Activities

LEGISLATION

On Thursday, December 11, the Senate completed action on the second Continuing Resolution. (The current resolution expires on December 15.) The Senate bill authorizes continued operation for most Federal depart­ ments and agencies through September 30, 1981, or until an annual ap­ propriations bill is enacted. The rate of operations for most ED programs is set at the level contained in the House-passed Labor, HHS, Education appropriations bill (H.R. 7998).

During floor action, the Senate adopted more than 160 amendments to the bill. Among the amendments affecting ED are: 1) a provision for $30 million for educational services to refugees entitling dis­ tricts enrolling 10,000 refugee children to 25 percent of the total appropriation; 2) funding for the William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs at Fisk University in the amount of $750,000. Conferees are scheduled to meet today; however, the resolution is not expected to be agreed to before Monday, December 15�

MEETINGS AND SPEECHES

On Tuesday, December 9, I addressed the 1980 U.S.-Israel Colloquium, an activity jointly sponsored by ED and the Israeli Ministry of Edu­ cation which focused on the issue of education for the disadvantaged. Hosted by the Department of Education, the colloquium was one of a series of cooperative activities undertaken by the U.S. and Israel pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries. Leading the Israeli delegation was the Director General of Education, Eliezer Shmueli. Also represented at the Colloquium was the National Council of Jewish Women, an organization which has played a major role in facilitating the development of educational colloquia between - � ( ' .

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the two countries. Participants at the close of the three-day session expressed their desire that similar colloquia be held in the future, affording an opportunity for educators in both nations to learn from each other. THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 15, 1980

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FP.m1: JACK WATSON

SUBJECT: l'-'1eeting w · th Sam Brown, Director of 1\CTION, Tuesday, mber 16, 1980, 10:30 am The Oval

Purpose. The purpose of this brief meeting is for Sam to say good-by.

Participants. The President and Sam Brown.

Press. White House Photographer only,

Background. As you know, Sam was State Treasurer of Colorado before joining your Administration. He has since married Allison Teal and they have a baby son. He plans to return to Colorado and may become involved in politics again. , ...

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 15, 1980

NOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT

FROM: JACK WATSON I / The at tached emoranda are for you r information r � ting to Presidential papers, as you requested. • i

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 15, 1980

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MEMORANDUM FOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS AND " .. � HEADS OF ALL EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE � / PRESIDENT ELEM NTf fo. FROM: JACK WATSON c)l./

SUBJECT: e Disposition of Papers

At 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 16, 1980, a meeting will be held in Room 450 OEOB to discuss the attached memorandum on the handling of Presidential Papers and the Departure Agreement.

I request that a representative of each White House staff office and each offic� within EOP attend. In addition, any staff member interested in the removal of Presidential Papers from the White House or the EOP is encouraged to attend.

This is the only scheduled meeting on this important subject and I stress the importance of a full understanding of pro­ cedures to be followed for the handling of Presidential Papers.

;, THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 15, 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS AND HEADS OF ALL EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ELEMENTS FROM: �cY':0�L

SUBJECT: PROCEDURES F R THE DISPOSITION AND REMOVAL OF PRESIDE IAL PAPERS AND COPIES

1. Introduction.

1.1 Until 1974, Presidential Papers were treated as the personal property of the outgoing President, to be disposed of as he saw fit. While no statute specifically legalized this custom, the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 tacitly recognized it by authorizing government-operated Presidential libraries in which outgoing Presidents could deposit any papers they wished, and

could specify the terms under which Government or public access would be permitted.

1.2 In .1974, because of the legal controversies over former

President Nixon's right to dispose of his tape recordings, Congress

enacted a special law dealing solely with the Nixon records. And

in 1978, Congress enacted the Presidential Records Act of 1978

setting forth procedures for the retention and disposition of all

Presidential Papers beginning with the next term starting January 20,

1981. -2-

1.3 Accordingly, President Carter's Papers are his own personal property, as in the case of all of his predecessors except President Nixon. In making his own decisions, President

Carter has considered the practices of his predecessors, as well as the principles and policies of the Presidential Records Act of

1978.

1.4 President Carter intends to donate most of his Presi- dential Papers to the United States Government, subject to certain restrictions on access described below.

1.5 President Carter's three predecessors who completed their terms in office, Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson and Ford, each established procedures which prohibited members of their respective staffs from removing Presidential Papers or copies of such papers.* President Carter recognizes that staff members may have a legitimate interest in retaining copies of some papers recording actions in which they participated. He has, therefore, decided to allow members of the White House Staff and members of the staffs of elements of the Executive Office of the President to remove copies of certain Presidential Papers with his prior permission under the restrictions set forth below.

1.6 The President respects the right of every staff member to speak and write freely about his experiences as a member of the White House Staff or the EOP. But he also expects those who

·*Presidents Kennedy and Nixon 1 of course 1 did not complete their terms. -3-

have had the privilege of serving on the White House Staff or in

the EOP to respect the President's rights of ownership and control

over the Presidential Papers generated during his term, and the

principle that White House advisers do not disclose their own non-public advice or that of other advisers, or the President's non-public response, without the President's consent.

2. Distinction Between Presidential Papers and Personal Papers.

2.1 "Papers" include, but are not limited to, all correspon-

dence, memoranda, documents, photographs, maps, recordings, logs,

appointment books, journals, pamphlets, documentary material and

copies of the above.

(a) ''Personal Papers". Personal Papers are all materials,

including personal correspondence, journals, diaries, and

their functional equivalents, which are neither developed in

connection with nor utilized during the transaction of

official government business. The important criterion is

not whether the papers merely refer to or are derived from

public business, but whether they are actually used, or were

created in the transaction of governmental operations. For

example, an evening diary which refers to government business

but is not used in transacting such business is a Personal

Paper. On the other hand, office diaries, appointment books,

telephone logs and personal notes taken during a government

meeting or used in transacting subsequent government business

are Presidential Papers. -4-

(b) "Presidential Papers". Presidential Papers are all

records which are not Personal Papers and were either

originated or received by the following officials and

elements of the Executive Office of the President:

White House Office Intelligence Oversight Board Domestic Policy Staff (except for the Drug Abuse Policy Section) Council of Economic Advisers National Security Adviser and Deputy National Security Adviser, and deposited in the White House Situation Room Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability Director of the Office of Administration Those files of the Office of Science and Technology Policy reflecting its advisory role to the President.

(c) "Campaign Papers" ..Campaign Papers are all papers

which were developed in connection with or utilized during

the 1980 Presidential campaign and which originated in or

were received by the above enumerated officials or elements

of the Executive Office of the President. President Carter

has decided to treat Campaign Papers as Presidential Papers.

President Carter may segregate these papers from other

Presidential Papers in order to provide special protection

for their confidentiality.

2.2 A staff member owns his personal papers. Originals and all copies of Presidential Papers are owned by the President.

The President intends to grant staff members access to Presidential

Papers relating to actions in which they participated when such

papers have been deposited in the Presidential Library. Consistent -5-

with the practice of previous Presidents and President Carter's deed of gift, members of the general public will not be granted access to the Presidential Papers placed in the Carter Library until President Carter authorizes such access ..

3. Copying or Removal of Papers from White House Files.

3.1 Staff members may remove their own Personal Papers from

White House or EOP files.

3.2 Staff members may remove the following types of Presi- dential Papers: photographs and copies of published documents.

The original of a staff member's personnel records, appointment books and telephone logs may not be removed. Copies of personnel records, appointment books and telephone logs may be removed.

3.3 Original drafts of documents which were circulated to any other office for comment are Presidential Papers which should remain in files for transfer to the Presidential Library. (Copies of such drafts may be removed as provided in subparagraph 3.4{b) below.) Subject to the restrictions of paragraph 4 below, original drafts which were not circulated by the author for any purpose, including comment by other staff or any other office, 'may be treated as Personal Papers and removed by the staff member who

prepared them. The staff member may of course make originals or

copies of drafts available for deposit in the Presidential Library.

The President encourages doing so for drafts of historical interest. -6-

3.4 Subject to the restrictions of paragraphs 4 and 6 below, staff members may also make and remove copies of a limited number of other selected Presidential Papers, but only after the following procedures are observed:

(a) The staff member shall execute a "Departure Agreement

Relating to Presidential Papers" (hereinafter "Departure.

Agreement"), a copy of which is attached.

(b) Attachment A of the Departure Agreement shall list all

Presidential Papers (other than those covered by paragraph

3.2), of which the staff member requests permission to remove

copies. The list shall have appended to it a copy of each

such Presidential Paper and a brief description of its

contents -- e.g., staff member's weekly reports to the staff

head or to the President. In the absence of special justi­

fication, the President expects every staff member to hold

to an absolute minimum the number of Papers for which permis­

sion to remove copies is requested.

(c) Presidential Papers listed on Attachment A of the

Departure Agreement shall be removed from the White House

or EOP element only after Jack Watson or his designee has

authorized their removal on behalf of the President.

(d) Copies of Presidential Papers removed by staff members

under the procedures of this paragraph 3.4 may not be further - 7 -

published or disclosed by the staff member except in com­

pliance with the executed Departure Agreement and paragraph

6 below.

4. Classified Materi�ls and Othe� Sensitive Files.

4.1 Staff members may not destroy or retain the original or a copy of any document which is:

(a} Classified for reasons of national security pursuant to

Executive Order 12065, or any predecessor order;

(b) Restricted Data or Formerly Restricted Data pursuant to

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;

(c) Submitted to the government pursuant to statutes which

make disclosure of such information a crime;

(d) Submitted to the Office of the Counsel to the President

and related to the personal or financial affairs of any

Administration nominee, proposed nominee or federal employee,

unless submitted by the staff member.

4.2 (a) Permission may be obtained to remove copies of selected

documents, classified pursuant to subparagraphs 4.l(a) and (b)

above, if the departing staff member makes confirmed arrange­

ments to store the documents in secure storage containers in

an approved facility, and establishes a chain of secure

custody over the documents. This permission must first be -8-

obtained from the National Security Adviser after consulta­

tion with the Counsel to the President, and then from Jack

Watson or his designee in accordance with the procedures

described in paragraph 3 above.

( b) A staff member may have in his or her files originals

or copies of sensitive Presidential Papers which do not bear

security classification markings. If a staff member requests

permission to remove a copy of any such Presidential Paper,

its sensitivity should be specifically called to the attention

of the Counsel to the President at the time Attachment A of

the Departure Agreement is submitted.

4.3 The President intends to donate most of the classified

materials in the Presidential Papers to the United States. In

the President's deed of gift of his Papers to the United States,

he will establish restrictions on access to all Presidential

Papers. However, he intends to allow former staff members to

have access under the terms of the Departure Agreement to any

such materials they originated or received while working in the

White House.

4.4 The use and transfer of classified materials are governed

by criminal statutes. Strict adherence to the above rules is

,essential. -9-

5. Disposition Recommendations to the President.

5.1 The President intends to donate the bulk of his Presi- dential Papers to the United States for deposit in the President's library. The President will, however, retain certain selected papers in his personal files. If the head of a White House

Office staff or EOP element believes that the President should consider retaining an individual document or category of papers as part of his personal files rather than in the Presidential

Library, he should bring this recommendation to the attention of the President or his Counsel.

5.2 If the head of a White House Office staff or EOP element concludes that the ongoing nature and importance of a particular matter makes it essential that copies of selected

Presidential Papers be provided to the succeeding Administration, he should recommend this to the President. Such recommendations should be the exception rather than the rule.

6. Duty of Non-disclosure, Liability to Subpoena, and

Executive Privilege.

6.1 Duty of non-disclosure. Permission for staff members to remove copies of or obtain access to Pr�sidential Papers is subject to the staff member's signed agreement and continuing duty to preserve the President's legal right as the owner of such papers to decide whether the papers should be published or disclosed to third parties. Publication or disclosure to third parties of -10-

the complete or partial text of a Presidential Paper by a staff member shall be made only after approval from the President or his designee, pursuant to the procedures established in the attached Departure Agreement. The President's approval will be confined to the publication or disclosure of the Presidential

Paper and will not be conditioned on prior review or approval of any comment the staff member desires to make in connection with such publication or disclosure.

6.2 Subpoena and Executive Privilege. Any papers retained by the departing President or a departing staff member, whether

Presidential or Personal, remain subject to a valid judicial,

Congressional or agency subpoena. If such a subpoena is served, its validity may be judicially challenged on various grounds

(e.g., relevancy, specificity, or if President Carter or the incumbent President so elects in the case of Presidential Papers,

Executive Privilege). The power to assert Executive Privilege resides both in the former President and in the incumbent President at the time the issue of disclosure arises. If a departing staff member is asked to produce his copy of a Presidential Paper by a court, Congressional committee or agency (whether by informal request or enforceable subpoena) , the staff member should consult with President Carter and the Counsel to the incumbent President I to determine whether President Carter or the incumbent President desires to assert Executive Privilege. As the attached Departure

Agreement provides, if Executive Privilege is asserted by President

Carter or the incumbent President, the departing staff member -11-

should defer disclosing the information subject to the objection until such objection has been withdrawn or judicially resolved.

7. Departure Procedure.

7.1 Plans have been developed for the storage of Presidential

Papers both before and after January 20, 1981. Procedures for

packing files of Presidential Papers in cartons and identifying the cartons have been developed by the National Archives Office

of Presidential Libraries, which has been responsible for the

packing, shipment and storage of Presidential Papers of previous

Presidents. Archives personnel will be assisted by the Office of

Records Management. Presidential Papers are to be �ollected,

packed, carefully identified and then stored in the Executive

Office Building until January 19 or 20. Thereafter, they will be

shipped under armed guard to a storage facility in Georgia.

Presidential Library archivists will be in Georgia to receive the

Presidential Papers when they arrive, to supervise their unloading

and to maintain inventory control over them. If necessary,

specific files and folders will be retrievable almost immediately.

7.2 The President, of course, retains control of these

papers throughout the inventory and cataloguing process. ·Access

to the papers will be controlled by the terms and conditions of

the deed of gift which will convey the President's papers to the

United States. The President intends to permit staff members who -12-

comply with the terms of the Departure Agreement to have access to papers they originated or received after they go into the

Presidential Library.

7.3 Representatives of the Office of Presidential Libraries will shortly be in touch with you to initiate the inventory and packing of the files in your office or in storage. You may reach these archivists by calling Extention 2545 (Room )as OEOB). You are requested to follow their instructions for packing and storing of records.

7.4 The volume of Presidential Papers is great and it is important that we begin immediately to prepare the papers for storage and ultimate transfer to the Carter Presidential Library.

We will need the cooperation of the entire staff to carry out this procedure efficiently.

7.5 Staff members departing before being contacted by archivists should make direct arrangements with the Office of

Records Management to pack Presidential Papers in their respective offices for temporary storage.

8. Exit Interviews.

8.1 We are continuing the process of exit interviews of selected staff members by representatives of the Office of -13-

Presidential Libraries of the National Archives and Records

Service. The information obtained from these interviews will be of considerable value in establishing the Carter Library. The

President urges your cooperation with Archives personnel in this process.

9. Consulting Counsel.

9 .1 As .each staff member reviews. his or her files, a number .· of questions of interpretation will arise. All such questions should be raised with the office of the Counsel to the President. \ I

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

SUMMARY OF AGREEHENT

The attached agreement provides two benefits to staff members:

(1) it permits you to take certain Presidential Papers with you

when you leave the government, and (2) it grants you access after

January 20, 1981 to all Presidential Papers which you originated

or receiv�d at the EOP. In return for these _benefits, yori accept

two obligations: (1) you must obtain approval before you take

copies of thes� Presidenfial Papers with you, and (2) you must

obtain approval before publishing or disclosing to third parties

the complete or partial text of any unpublished paper of which

you have a copy or to which you have access.

These obligations are not intended to inhibit in any way

your freedom to write or talk about this Administration's policies

.and practices. Indeed, in paragraph 3 the President specifically

commits that his future approval to publish selected Presidential

Papers "shall not be conditioned on reviewing or approving any

comment" which a staff member plans to make. In short, you may

write whatever you please; clearance procedures apply only to

actual quotations from Presidential Papers.

The President's goal is to assure reasonable protection for

the integrity of the Presidential decision-making process. The

frankness of such interchanges can be irreparably impaired if any

participant is free to publish what any other participant has

said or written. All of us, from the day we began working here,

have understood our obligation to protect the confidentiality of

unpublished advice given to the President and exchanged among his

advisers, and of his unpublished responses. As the Agreement

records, this obligation continues beyond January 20, 1981. .. . •'

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

DEPAR'!'UR£ AGREEMENT RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS

Agreement between President Jimmy Carter and

(hereinafter "Staff Member") dated ----�------

1. Staff. Member has read and understands the attached memorandum

from Jack �"Vatson and Lloyd Cutler dated December 15, 1980, relating

to Presidential Papers. Staff Member acknowledges that all Presi-

dential Papers are owned by President Carter; that "Presidentl.al

Papers" are all records which are not "Personal Papers" and were

either originated or were received. by the following officials and

elements of the Executive Office of the President:

White House Office Intelligence Oversight Board Domestic Policy Staff (except fOr the Drug Abuse Policy Section Council ·of Economic Advisers National Security Adviser and"Deputy Natiorial Security Adviser, and deposited in the White House Situation Room Chairman of the Council on I-'lage and Price Stability Director of the Office of Administration Those files of the Office of Science and Technology Policy reflecting its advisory role to the President

2. Staff Member further acknowledges that all campaign-related

papers either originated or received by the above enumerated

officials or elements of the EOP are ''Presidential Papers"; that

"Personal Papers" are all materials, including personal correspon-

dence, journals, diaries and their functional eq�ivalents, which

were neither developed in connection with nor utilized during the

transaction of official government business; that ''Papers" include

but are not limited to, all correspondence, memoranda, documents, -2-

photographs, maps, recordings, logs, appointment books, journals, pamphlets, documentary material and the copies of the above.

3. Staff Member hereby requests permission to make or remove from files copies of the selected Presidential Papers described in Attachment A. (If Staff Member does not desire to remove copies of any such papers, Attachment A need not be filled out.)

4. Staff Member hereby requests access to Presidential Papers to be placed in the President's Library which Staff Member originated or received while a Staff Member, subject to the terms of the

President's deed of gift of such Papers to the United States.

5. In consideration of the President's approval to remove copies as set forth in paragraph 3 and/or in consideration of the

President's approval of access as requested in paragraph 4, Staff

Member accepts the obligations set forth in paragraphs 6 and 7.

6. Staff Member a�knowledges President Carter's sole right to decide whether the complete or partial text of any Presidential

Paper, of which Staff Member has made or removed a copy, or to which Staff Member has been granted access, should be disclosed to third parties. Staff Member hereby agrees to submit for approval on behalf of President Carter or his designee any materials

which contain the complete or partial text of any Presidential

Paper that Staff Member contemplates publishing or disclosing to -3-

any person. Staff Member agrees not to disclose the complete or partial text of any such paper (other than papers exempted from the prior approval requirement under paragraph 2 of the attached memorandum) to any person until Staff Member has received written authorization to do so on behalf of President Carter. The President agrees that his approval shall not be conditioned on reviewing or approving any comment the Staff Member plans to make about such paper and shall be limited solely to the publication or disclosure of the complete or partial text of such paper.

7. Nothing contained herein limits a Staff Member's right to disclose the complete or partial text of a Presidential Paper in response to a valid and enforceable subpoena, provided that before disclosure Staff Member gives reasonable prior notice of the issuance of such a subpoena to President Carter and Counsel for the incumbent President and, if either decides to object on grounds of Executive Privilege, Staff Member agrees to defer disclosing the material subject to the objection until such objection has been withdrawn or judicially resolved.

8. This agreement may be enforced by proceedings for injunction or damages or both.

Date Name of Departing Staff Member

Date Jimmy Carter •

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

ATTACHMENT A

DEPARTURE AGREEMENT RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS

I hereby request permission to remove from the White House

or Executive Office of the President copies of the attached

Presidential Papers. [Insert brief description and attach copies.]

Date Name

Date Approved on behalf of the President ,. : " ' '•. ',

·�. ... l> ..�·:.,;." ' THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

WASHINGTON

December 15, 1980

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

:';1 From: Charlie Schultzec_L-.

Subject: November Industrial Production (released Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.) and Housing Starts (released Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.)

Industrial production

Industrial production in November continued to rise strongly; it was 1.4 percent above an upward revised October. Over the past

four months industrial production has risen by almost 6 percent -­ an annual growth rate of almost 19 percent.

Gains were widespread, including continued large advances in steel, construction materials, business equipment, and defense goods.

Housing starts

Incredibly, housing starts did not drop in November; they were 1,555, insignificantly below the 1,561 of October.

Single family starts did decline moderately for the second straight month but construction of 2-4 unit buildings rose sharply.

Building permits, which had fallen in October, rose slightly in November.

Implications

The economy continues to move ahead with surprising strength, in spite of soaring interest rates. Indeed the surge in interest may well reflect the greater than expected demand for credit ! rates .,· associated with a surprisingly resilient economy. - 2 -

We will get the preliminary, unpublished, GNP estimate for the fourth quarter later this week. It will probably show a growth rate of 4 percent or even more, in contrast to the zero or negative growth that most people expected as little as two months ago.

While everyone continues to predict that the high interest rates will choke off the recovery, these numbers, together with an under­ lying inflation rate running at 10 percent, make it very hard at the moment to suggest that the Fed should let the money supply grow faster in order to hold down interest rates. Even though such a change may well be desirable at some time in 1981, the current numbers clearly suggest that right now any expansionary move by the Fed would set off new inflationary expectations and might actually raise longer term interest rates. THE WHITE HOUSE ·

WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON

12/23/80

Susan:

The attached was received in our office and is forwarded to you for your information.

Rick Hutcheson

I have attached the original file which Suzanne gave to me last week, also for your info.

Sharon /.

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 22, 1980

� ," MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDEN · / '� FROM: LOUIS MARTIN rr1 /

Bernita Bennette, chief aide to Coretta King, called today with reference to nominations for the Martin Luther King Peace Prize for 1981. As a past recipient of the prize, you have been asked to nominate someone whom you think worthy of such recognition. She expressed the hope that you would nominate Federal Judge Frank Johnson of Alabama whose record for fairness as a federal judge has won wide acclaim. She said that she was calling me on her own and without the knowledge of Coretta. I promised to pass along the suggestion.

,(' \ ' .l -fHE WHITE HOUSE ' WASHINGTON

Date: Dec. 11, 1980

usan Clough MEMO FOR: S :FR.a1: ··�vcxmJJE�� Coretta:'s office-called my office this mornlng with �he attached request .

Would you like to handle? Or advise me?

Thanks. ' a

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Fran--

Mrs. King is making a request to the President

in his capacity of a past recipient of the MLK,j�.

non-violent peace prize.

She would like the President to make some recommendations for this year's prize. The

awards will be given on January 11, so there

is not much time left for decisions, notifying

awardees, etc. These recs. can.be passed to

Mrs. King through Bertha Elega at the King

Center.·

404/524-1956. THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 11, 1980

Mr. President

Caretta Scott King's office called Fran Voorde's office this morning to make a request of_ you in your capacity of past receipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize.

Mrs. King would like you to make some recommendations for this year's prize. The awards will be given on January 11, so there is not much time left for the decisions, notifying awardees, etc. The recommendations can be passed to Mrs. King through Bertha Elega at the King Center (404) 524-1956.

In addition to conveying the above information, Fran asked if she should convey information back.

(If you do have some recommendations, you may want them to be conveyed directly to Mrs. King.)

--Susan

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The following is a list of previous honorees who received the non-violent peace prize awarded by the Hartin Luther King Center, along with the year in which they received award, and reason/ description (used by MLK center) on which award was based. The general criteria is based on an outstanding social change through non-violence. The next award will be presented January 11, 1981. Caretta Scott King would like the President's recommendations.

1973 - (then Congressman) Andrew Young.

1974 - Mr. Caezar Chavez - led the farm workers through peaceful negotiations with the growers.

1975 - Mr. John Lewis - At that time he was the Executive Director of the President's Voter Education Project. In the '50s he was with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, who helped minorities achieve voting rights. He was also a participant in the March in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery.

1976 - Mr. Randolph Blackwell, Executive Director of Southern Rule Action, an economic pr ogram designed to help rural americans achieve economic independent through work within their communities. In his student days ('40s) he effected economic changes through non-violence re. economic plight of minorities.

1977 - Dr. Benjamin Mays, who since the '30s has been a devotee of non-violence and through his contributions through education has inspired others to work for non-violence social change.

1978 - (Attorney) Stanley Levison (now deceased), was a champion for social justice (since '30s), worked with the Southern Leadership Conference and Mrs. King on the development of non-violent strategies.

1978 - Dr. Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia. He led this African Nation to independence through non-violence.

1979 - President Jimmy Carter.

1980 - Mrs. Rosa Parks - awarded the prize for the stand she took in 1955 when she refused to relinquish her seat on a bus to a white passenger which precipitated the modern civil rights era.

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12/15/80 � v\t'-> suzanne \ � pls call, preferably ��It to talk with mrs. king or $dA , her personal secretary, �� and relay the two choices/ recommendations of president carter -- (1) mugabe (2) ambassador don mchenry. (nsc should be able to provide correct spelling and complete name/ title for mugabe)

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